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Every place he went it was the same; the crowd, and his own aides, waited for his soul to crack open, just enough for a quick, reassuring peek. His advisers even imagined what he would say the next time some pretender like Alexander dismissed him as a man worthy of people's respect but not their vote: "I didn't leave a piece of me in Europe only to be told by someone who never served that I didn't have something more to give to my country." But that scalding speech Dole would not give, and even his allies...
...violence on the island is believed to be drug related. "San Juan has become what Miami used to be. You see 15-year-olds with guns. People are afraid to go out at night," says U.S. attorney Guillermo Gil, the victim of a carjacking by a teenager high on crack. In the summer of 1993 the drug trade had got so bad that Governor Pedro Rossello sent in the National Guard to patrol housing projects, where much of the business is conducted. Two years later, not much has changed. Judges are lenient and bail low, says Pedro Toledo, Puerto Rico...
...refer, of course, to thievery. The students who can ace the SAT and crack the LSAT fail miserably when they attempt to steal money from student organizations. In the last few years, embezzlement scandals have been all to frequent at the College. Yet, most of the thieves have shown a complete lack of criminal skill or ingenuity...
...fifth most popular class was also the only non-Core course to crack the top five. Chemistry 7: "Principles of Chemistry" had 326 students...
Even if the Chinese government hadn't used tanks and guns to crack down the immature movement in 1989, it still wouldn't have lasted long. As a witness myself, I'm convinced of this by what I saw and heard in those chaotic days. In late May, when the college students first began their sit-ins all across the country, the nation was greatly stirred. Reminded by the students of the bureaucratic corruption and other social evils, people from all walks of life mustered up courage to join in. At this point, the way things were going resembled...